The bottom line to date is; "the
possible is presently impossible without transformative change, but the
map of the possible is leading rapidly to help define the needs of that
Transformative change that is now required everywhere in our industry."
I am extremely pleased with the industry support I have receiving
helping me define "the possible of connected buildings" this clear
definition of the possible is helping us all define the
transformational change we all need to make. The possible expands daily
as we better understand the change upon us.

Insight to Session;

We
are grateful that Ken has kicked off the discussion of “Roadmap of the
Possible” and is inviting industry stakeholders to contribute to the
dialogue. Connected buildings are becoming and will continue to become
a reflection on today’s information technology (IT) and today’s
societal trends which include mobility, social media, big data and
personalization. Today’s IT has been inserted into our buildings
through networked controls systems, sophisticated sensors and big data
analytics.

I am pleased that spurred on by my attempts to builda map of the possiblethat we have several great articles on extending the possible and how we all can lead"Transformational Change". Please feel free to join in with comments and or articles and interviews to share your opinions.

An education
session and discussion; led by industry experts about how we need to
approach the engagement of our only true asset our people and make
transformative change part of their and our lives and use the resulting
feedback to create self learning cultures for our companies.

Session insight;

We will build on last years session in Chicago, “Addressing the Skills Gap”, Understanding that People are our only Asset, an education session.

To
help grow our only true resource, our people, younger, by reaching out
to youth with messages about our vibrant, vital and rewarding
industry. Organizations need to attract talent before they
graduate; whether working on a two or four year degree, students need
to be introduced to this field early on. Through internship
programs, they can gain an understanding of the field and whether this
is right for them. The knowledge shift required for the IoT will be
discussed.

An education
session led by industry experts exploring data driven decision making
and introducing the new value added with Occupant Engagement in
increasing comfort and productivity. Discussion of the evolving new
industry measured variables of "satisfaction" and "happiness" now with
feedback from social media and data analytics. This session will also
explore what we might find on the road to self-managed buildings.

This is bound to be a fun informative session that will include the daily evolution occurring in Jim, Brad, and my world's.

It is not a meeting,
it is an education session and discussion led by industry experts about
how we need to approach creating and selling connection to the world.
An open fun Collaboratory atmosphere come learn and share your opinions. The
concept of connection communities was created by Marc Petock and Ken
Sinclair in Chicago at the AHRExpo 2012. We were searching to
find words that described the communities who are working together and
fueling new ways to extend the value of our building systems while
exploring the best of breed in change and innovation.

We are extremely
pleased that the folks at AHR Expo provide AutomatedBuildings.com the
annual venue and industry provides their people and support for our
free education sessions. Thanks to all, you truly understand a
collaboratory.

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